Motion Graphics Project - "Listen"

I am quickly approaching graduation from Quinnipiac University and am now in the final legs of this race we call college. It's finals week here in Hamden and as the entire campus stresses out I am no different. I have completely 1 final project with alot more to go. Below is the video project I completed for my Motion Graphics class:



Description: the goal of this project was to create a motion graphic film, between 30 and 60 seconds. The subject of the project was a word and that words wikitionary.com definition. I was lucky enough to be assigned the word "Listen". I decided to use music in my project and then synced the treble and base of my music with the velocity and movement of the particle strands. I then used simple arial font for text and had that text appear as if it was escaping or trapped in the audio wave. Hope you enjoy.

Technical: The video was developed using Adobe After Effects and the Particular plug-in from Trapcode. The music is from, one of my favorite bands, Jimmy Eat World's "23".